🌱 UIS PTO Meeting and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: What do you get when you mix a broccoli and a melon? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 88 and low of 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Hot with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 91, low: 66.
• Tuesday: Partly sunny, hot and humid, with a high of 93 and low of 68 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday July 14

• UIS PTO Meeting
  United CUSD 304 Monmouth, IL 61462
  5:30 pm
• 6 p.m. Board of Education Meeting
  Monmouth - Roseville CUSD #238 Monmouth Roseville High School, 200 S B St, Monmouth, IL 61462\
  6:00 pm
• Trivia Night →
  Sports Corner @ 124, 124 N Randolph St, Macomb
  6:30 pm

Thursday July 16

• Online Registration opens for returning students.
  United CUSD 304 Monmouth, IL 61462

Sunday July 19

• HS Band Camp-Drumline and Leadership Only
  United CUSD 304 United Junior Senior High School, 1905 100th St, Monmouth, IL 6
  1:00 pm

Monday July 20

• Elementary Office opens 8am-3pm daily
  United CUSD 304 Monmouth, IL 61462
• West Office opens at 8:00
  United CUSD 304 Monmouth, IL 61462
• Bereavement Support Group - New Horizons →
  McDonough Dist Hospital, 525 E Grant St, Macomb
  3:00 pm

Tuesday July 28

• Summer Drawing Studio →
  Create Art Studio for Kids, 133 S Randolph St, Macomb
  3:30 pm

Friday July 31

• Young Artists →
  Create Art Studio for Kids, 133 S Randolph St, Macomb
  10:00 am
• Visit MerCo Adult Softball League — Visit Mercer County, IL →
  Keithsburg Ball Diamond, S 12th & Syracuse, Keithsburg
  6:00 pm

Saturday August 1

• Stitchin' Time →
  Macomb Public Library, 235 S Lafayette St, Macomb
  10:30 am

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Casey's General Store, Inc. posted a job opening for Team Member in Roseville. Apply here.
• Arcadia Home Care and Staffing posted a job opening for Family Services Specialist in Dallas City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Stronghurst here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Monmouth

• Monmouth to offer free storm debris dropoff for three days in July (wgil.com)
• Monmouth officials warn of deadly generator mistake delaying storm power restoration (kwqc.com)
• Chris Martin Earns Hard Earned Sprint Invaders Feature in Tipton! (tjslideways.com)

Macomb

• On the market: Macomb home has a fenced backyard and updated kitchen (mcdonoughvoice.com)
• ICAHN highlights rural hospitals providing labor, delivery services while emphasizing emergency obstetric readiness across Illinois (hometownregister.com)
• Celebrate The Completion of William H. Thorpe Memorial Park (regionalmedianews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The saddest vegetable known to man: a melonccoli. (Thank you Francie H. for sending it in!)
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